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/PRNewswire/ -- Scholastic is proud to announce the publication of I Am Ruby Bridges, a beautiful and momentous new picture book written by Civil Rights icon...
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Who Is Ruby Bridges? Ruby Bridges was the first African American child to integrate an all-white public elementary school in the South. She later became a civil rights activist. Bridges was six when she became the first African American child to integrate a white Southern elementary school. On November 14, 1960, she was escorted to class by her mother and U.S. marshals due to violent mobs. Bridges' brave act was a milestone in the civil rights movement, and she's shared her story with future generations in educational forums. Education and Facts The fact that Bridges was born the same year t...
In past years I have expressed disagreement with the notion of having a separate yearly category labeled as Black History Month based upon the following:  It is an insult to American accomplishment and it insinuates an unequal categorization to other American classifications such as white European, Asian, Jewish, Hispanic, women in general, etc. The separation also alleviates any urgency for society to promote/remember black contributions throughout the calendar year if there is a single appropriated month. After all, black American history IS American history. If one large bo...
February 11, 2021 OGDEN, Utah — Civil Rights activist Ruby Bridges Hall, the first African-American child to attend the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans during the school desegregation crisis in 1960, will speak to a Weber State University audience, Feb 18 at 6 p.m. via Zoom conferencing. The campus community is invited to attend this free event by registering at this link. Questions can be submitted at this link. When Bridges was 6 years old, her parents responded to a NAACP request and volunteered her to participate in the integration of the local school system....